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Georgians Plan Big Protest of President

TBILISI, Georgia -- Opposition leaders are calling for Georgians to take to the streets on Thursday to force President Mikheil Saakashvili to resign and call early elections.

Organizers, who include Nino Burjanadze, a former ally of the president, and Irakly Alasania, Georgia's former ambassador to the United Nations, estimate that around 100,000 people will turn out and say they will camp out until their demands are met.